Gentry and Common Folk [electronic resource] : Political Culture on a Virginia Frontier 1740--1789 / Albert H. Tillson, Jr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tillson, Albert H., 1948-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social classes--Virginia--History--18th century.

Social classes.

Political culture--Virginia--History--18th century.

Political culture.

United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Social aspects.

United States.

Virginia--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Social aspects.

Virginia.

Virginia--Politics and government--To 1775.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (239 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 1991.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the late eighteenth century, the Upper Valley of Virginia experienced a conflict between the elitist culture of the gentry and the more republican values of the populace. Albert Tillson addresses here several major issues in historical scholarship on Virginia and the southern backcountry, focusing on changing political values in the late colonial and Revolutionary eras.In the colonial period, Tillson shows, the Upper Valley's deferential culture was much less pervasive than has often been suggested. Although the gentry maintained elitist values in the county courts and some other political

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Map, Tables, and Figure; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Land, People, Economy, and Government; 2. The Political Culture of the Colonial Elite; 3. The Militia and Popular Localism; 4. The Roots of Backcountry Order; 5. Toward the Republic; 6. The Tory Challenge; 7. Finishing the Revolution; 8. John Stuart's History of the Greenbrier Valley; Conclusion; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [163]-221) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8131-6482-6

OCLC:

551550217